"If itâ€™s a revolution it canâ€™t be predictable. And if itâ€™s predictable it canâ€™t be a revolution."

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Clay Shirky

#Revolution Quotes #Predictable Quotes

“I covered the first Gulf War in Saudi Arabia and Israel for ABC News.”
“There was that moment of, "Oh, my parents are watching Columbo and I hate it" to "No, I love this show, too." And I feel like, for me, that was around 11 or 12, where I could actually join my parents in their viewing and wasn't so irritated that they were always watching Columbo.”
“Lincoln's appeal to 'the better angels of our nature' failed to avert a fratricidal war. But the compassionate wisdom of Lincoln's first and second inaugurals bequeathed to the Union, cemented with blood, a moral heritage which, when drawn upon in times of stress and strife, is sure to find specific ways and means to surmount difficulties that may appear to be insurmountable”
“I have frequently seen people become neurotic when they content themselves with inadequate or wrong answers to the questions of life. They seek position, marriage, reputation, outward success of money, and remain unhappy and neurotic even when they have attained what they were seeking. Such people are usually confined within too narrow a spiritual horizon. Their life has not sufficient content, sufficient meaning. If they are enabled to develop into more spacious personalities, the neurosis generally disappears.”
“Put on the company hat. (Be willing to accept actions that may have a negative impact upon a particular component but are in the best interests of the company as a whole.)”
“A lot of my work has been about the unexpectedâ€”that kind of wanting to be the heroine and yet wanting to kill the heroine at the same time. That kind of dilemmaâ€”that push and pullâ€”is the underlying turbulence that I bring to each of the pieces that I make.”
“I don't feel old. I don't feel anything till noon. That's when it's time for my nap.”
“My husband was getting his sea legs-rereading Joseph Conrad with a side order of C S Forester.”

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